Mop-head



UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

LUKE TAYLOR, OF NORTH SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

MOP-HEAD.

Specification forming' part of Letters Patent No. 22,990, dated February15, 1859*; Ressued November 10, 1868, No. 3,192.

To all whom i may concern.'

Be it known that I, LUKE TAYLOR, of North Springield, in the county ofWindsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Mop-Head;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same,

reference being had to the annexed draw-` ings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Y Figure l, is an external view of myinvention. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section of ditto taken in the linecc, az, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

To enable those skilled in the art toully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents the handle of the mop head, said handle being constructedof a tough elastic wood and B, represents the stationary jaw of the headwhich is of T-form, one portion a. being a socket which is fitted on theend of the handle A, and secured permanently thereto by means of .rivetsa, one or more.

On the handle A, below the socket a, and between said socket and ashoulder ax, on the handle a collar O, is placed and allowed to turnfreely, the lower end of said collar having projections Z), attached forthe purpose of allowing said collar to be readily turned by the hand orthumb and fingers. On this collar there is a screw thread c, on which anut D, works. The nut D, is provided with projecting ears c', c', atopposite sides of it, and to these ears c, c', the ends of a jaw E, areattached. The jaw E, is formed of a curved wrought iron rod, so bentthat a portion fl, of it will be parallel with the portion e, of thestationary jaw B, and the remaining portions f, f, so

bent that they will pass around the ends of the stationary jaw B,fitting in recesses therein and serving as guides., and their lowerparts curved so as to be attached to the projecting ears 0, c', of thenut D, as shown clearly in Fig. l.

The stationary jaw B, may be of cast iron, malleable if desired, and thecollar C, with its screw c, may be of the same material.

From the above description it will be seen that by simply turning thecollar C, the jaw E, will be moved in and `out from the stationary jawB, and the cloth yor mop firmly secured in the head or between the twojaws, and also readily released or detached therefrom when necessary.

I am aware thata screw has been attached to the handle of a. mop headand a nut fitted on the screw to actuate the movable jaw, but so far asI am aware the handle is turned with the screw in order to actuate thenut.

In my invention the screw is iitted loosely on the handle and turnsseparately and the device is thereby rendered more durable, and themovable jaw may be actuated with greater facility than by the planalluded to.

I do not claim separately any of the parts described. But

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an improvedarticle of manufacture a mop `head having a loose colllar C, providedwith a screw thread and otherwise made as described.

LUKE TAYLOR. Witnesses:

SAMI.. W. PORTER, DAVID M. SMITH.

[FIRsT PRINTED 1911.]

